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Ottoman Baroque Brandenburg & the Whirling Dervishes

CONCERT SERIES 5 - OCTOBER
Featuring BRANDENBURG CHOIR. TRADITIONAL TURKISH MUSICIANS
with the AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA
Artistic Director and Conductor Paul Dyer
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  • A major event in the history of Europe took place in 1453 with the taking of Constantinople by the Turks and the establishment of the Ottoman Empire. Captured by Sultan Mehmet II, this glorious capital is now known as Istanbul.

    Tracing the journey of a mystical and imaginary traveller throughout Europe, this is a musical journey reflecting the riches, mysteriousness, influences and exotic sound of the faraway Orient.

    Join the Brandenburg for a journey presented with Whirling Dervishes and revered musicians from Turkey, and musicians and dancers of the Greek world.

    Paul Dyer’s concept for the Ottoman Baroque series began with a conversation with a long time friend and supporter of the Brandenburg and culminated in his attendance at a ceremony of the famous Whirling Dervishes in Konya, Turkey. Here there was a fortuitous meeting betweeen Paul and Esin Çelebi Bayru, Vice President of the International Mevlana Foundation and direct 22nd descendant of the 13th century poet and mystic Rumi by whom the Mevlevi (Rumi) Sufi Order was founded. This meeting led to an invitation from Paul to Esin to travel to Sydney for these very special concerts.

    The Ottoman Baroque series will feature some of Turkey’s finest exponents of the kudüm (drum), qanun (a plucked string instrument), tambur (a fretted string instrument) and ney (a reed flute) and will culminate with the arrival of the spellbinding Whirling Dervishes.

    Our traveller begins in France with the music of Lully and Marais, then passes through Germany (Telemann), Italy (Allegri) and Spain (Boccherini) before arriving in the eastern Mediterranean with the music and dancing of traditional Greece and Eastern Anatolia. Our traveller’s final destination is Turkey, where revered Turkish musicians and the Whirling Dervishes mesmerise, entrance and inspire.

    Don’t miss this landmark event in Brandenburg history!

  • The AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA and CHOIR  in a journey presented with MUSICIANS and WHIRLING DERVISHES from TURKEY and MUSICIANS AND DANCERS OF THE GREEK WORLD

    MUSIC

    LULLY Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs
    MARAIS Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
    TELEMANN Overture-Suite in B-flat major “Les Nations”, TWV 55:B5 Les Turcs
    ALLEGRI Miserere
    BOCCHERINI Fandango
    TRADITIONAL Hasapiko (dance)
    IMPROVISATION Ney Taksimi
    BUHURIZADE MUSTAFA ITRI EFENDI Tekbir in Makam Segah
    BUHURIZADE MUSTAFA ITRI EFENDI Salat-ı Ümmiye in Makam Segah
    IMPROVISATION Ney Taksimi
    SULTAN VELED Niyaz İlahisi in Makam Segah

2014 Series 5 October | Ottoman Baroque Brandenburg & The Whirling Dervishes

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  • SYDNEY
  • Sydney City Recital Hall Angel Place
    Wed 22 Oct 7pm
    Fri 24 Oct 7pm
    Matinee Sat 25 Oct 2pm
    Evening Sat 25 Oct 7pm
    Wed 29 Oct 7pm
    Fri 31 Oct 7pm – SOLD OUT

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